[Info-vax] Entitled attitudes, was: Re: vax vms licenses

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-03-15, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>
> And so now VSI is supporting VMS, and VMS users have some recourse.  But 
> I have to now consider, should VSI for whatever reason not be able to 
> support their customers, what happens?
>
> I sure don't want it to happen, but their business could fail.  Where 
> does that leave current paying support customers of VSI?  Will the past 
> repeat itself, or, will VSI do something to allow their customers to 
> continue to use VSI versions of VMS if for whatever reason VSI is gone?
>
> Perhaps VSI will issue perpetual license PAKs to all customers who were 
> at any time paying for support?  Perhaps to only those on support at the 
> time VSI operations cease?  Perhaps devil take the hindmost.
>
> Perhaps current VMS users using VSI versions and paying for support will 
> have no recourse.
>
> If I was one of these customers, I might have some hard questions for VSI.
>
> This doesn't even address hobbyist usage after such an event.
>
> Perhaps Simon and Phillip should consider these questions?
>

I already did a while back and presented some specific proposals along
with my reasoning for those proposals.

VSI should setup some kind of escrow mechanism now that they are
apparently using expiring licences for their commercial products.

Simon.

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